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Engrossment   Listen
noun
Engrossment  n.  
1.
The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. "Engrossments of power and favor."
2.
That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.





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"Engrossment" Quotes from Famous Books



... first attempt; suddenly, towards the end of the dinner, a loud, strange sound was heard, as of falling or rushing waters; it was truly alarming; I ran out and found a full tide streaming down the stairs. The cook in her engrossment had forgotten to turn a cock. "Ah, the little victims play!" and Boz's eyes twinkled. A loud-voiced cuckoo and quail were sounding their notes, which prompted me to describe a wonderful clock of the kind I had seen, with two trumpeters who issued forth at the hour ...
— John Forster • Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald


Words linked to "Engrossment" :   absorption, focus, engross, specialism, assiduity, direction, absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, focusing, intentness, attention, preoccupation, concentration, focal point, preoccupancy, immersion, cognitive state, focussing


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